Hinsdale, Elmhurst police blotter: May 15

May 15, 2013

The following items were taken from police reports.

Hinsdale

DUI

A 49-year-old Willowbrook man was charged May 4 with aggravated DUI and driving while his license was revoked after police responded to a report of a van in a ditch near the northbound ramp from 55th Street to Illinois Route 83. While in custody, he was also charged with criminal damage to property after he damaged computer equipment in the booking room. He was taken to DuPage County Jail for a bond hearing.

A 43-year-old Hinsdale man was charged May 6 with DUI after driving on the wrong side of the road near Washington Street and Chicago Avenue. He refused to take a breath test but was observed to be under the influence of alcohol. He was charged and released on bond.

Theft

A Verizon employee reported on May 6 that a radio detection transmitter worth between $3,000 and $4,000 was stolen from the parkway in the 800 block of West Fourth Street.

Elmhurst

Burglary to vehicle

A resident in the 700 block of South Euclid reported someone entered her husband's unlocked vehicle during the night of May 8-9 and took a GPS unit worth $200 and his brown leather wallet containing his Illinois driver's license, credit cards and $200 in cash.

The same night, two unlocked vehicles in the 700 and 800 block of Euclid appeared to have been entered, but nothing was taken from either vehicle. A locked vehicle in the 900 block showed evidence of an unsuccessful attempt to enter.

DUI

A 23-year-old Elmhurst man was charged with driving under the influence after a traffic stop May 8 near York and Grand after submitting a breath test over the legal limit of 0.08. He was also charged with improper lane usage and driving without insurance, then released on bond.

Disorderly conduct — fighting

A 22-year-old Elmhurst man was quarreling with his girlfriend May 8 in front of his residence in the 600 block of South Hawthorne when a 25-year-old Elmhurst man in a passing vehicle began yelling obscenities at him. The vehicle stopped, and the man got out and began fighting with the 22-year old. When the 25-year-old returned to the car, the 22-year-old ran after him and damaged the car's tail light. Both men were taken to the police station and charged under city ordinances, the younger man for property damage and the older for disorderly conduct.

Identity theft — filing false tax return

An Elmhurst resident reported May 8 that an unknown subject had used his Social Security number to file a fraudulent tax return and had received a $16,000 refund. It was not known how his identity information had been obtained. The complainant was given copies of Internal Revenue Service paperwork to file.

An Elmhurst woman reported May 6 that someone attempted to cash a check on her frozen Chase account at a Chase branch in Hinsdale. The account was frozen after the woman's purse was stolen from her vehicle May 1.

Drug arrest

After a traffic stop May 7 near North Avenue and Interstate 290, a 45-year-old Chicago man was found to be in possession of cannabis. He was charged with failure to signal and possession of cannabis and released on bond.

Attempted burglary — motor vehicle

A resident in the 600 block of North Oaklawn reported near midnight May 5 seeing a man in a red Ford Mustang with headlights off stop the car, leave the vehicle and pull on door handles of two vehicles. Police subsequently stopped a vehicle matching the description and found the driver, a 28-year-old Melrose Park man, in possession of two GPS units that were not his. He was charged with one count of felony burglary of a motor vehicle and one count of felony attempted burglary and taken to DuPage County Jail. His vehicle was towed for forfeiture.